# How to copy an array

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [November 3, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-copy-an-array/5170 "2018-11-03T23:45:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-copy-an-array/5170/4 "2018-11-04T00:23:46Z")

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Just directly invoke method [**clone()**](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Object.html#clone()) over the array container: 🤓

```auto
class Testos {
  final float[] a, b;

  Testos(final float... arr) {
    b = (a = arr).clone();
  }
}

```

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